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Breaking Beethoven
December 2 - 4, 2022
Masterworks Series

HARTFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Carolyn Kuan, music director


BREAKING BEETHOVEN

Friday, December 2, 2022 / 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, December 3, 2022 / 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, December 4, 2022 / 3:00 p.m.

Belding Theater, The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts

CAROLYN KUAN, conductor
BRKFST DANCE COMPANY


LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
(1770-1827)

 

Grosse Fuge, Op. 133
     BRKFST Dance Company

DBR
(b. 1970)

 

Dancers, Dreamers, and Presidents
     Dancers
     Dreamers
     Presidents
     BRKFST Dance Company

-INTERMISSION-

QUINN MASON
(b. 1996)
2022-2023 JOYCE C. WILLIS 
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

 

Immerse

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
(1770-1827)

 

 

Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36
     I. Adagio Molto – Allegro con brio
     II. Larghetto
     III. Scherzo: Allegro
     IV. Allegro Molto


The post of Music Director is endowed by The Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation.
Cameras and recording equipment are not permitted during the performance.
As a courtesy to the performers and other audience members, please turn off watch alarms and cell phones.

The Hartford Symphony Orchestra receives major support from the Greater Hartford Arts Council, the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, and with support from the Department of Economic and Community Development, Connecticut Office of the Arts which also receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.


The 2022-23 Masterworks Series is presented by


The 2022-23 Masterworks Series is also sponsored by
The Elizabeth M. and Harriette M. Landon Foundation

The Joyce C. Willis Artist in Residence is made possible by the Joyce C. Willis Fund for Excellence and Equity in the Arts grant provided by

The creation and premiere of this new work by BRKFST Dance Company set to “Dancers, Dreamers, and Presidents” by Daniel Bernard Roumain was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Mellon Foundation.